Direction-indicator.



1. R. RUMMERFIELD.

DlRECTlON INDICATOR.

APPLICATION HLED ocT. 4. 1916.

19299,@63, Patented Apr. 8,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

I. R. RUIVIIVIERFIELD.

DIRECTION INDICATOR. APPLICATION man ocr. 4. 191s.-

1,299;83 Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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JOSEPH B. RUMMERFIELD, OF PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.

' DIRECTION-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ea Apr. s, raie.

Application led October 4, 1916. .Serial No. 123,796.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, JosErH It. HUMMER- cators for automobles and various other motor vehicles and other conv'eyances and to provide a simple, eiicient and practical direction indicator of inexpensive and durable 'construction adapted to be readily applied tothe wind shield of an automobile at either side thereof or to a relatively fixed portion of an automobile or other vehicle and adapted to extend laterally from the same in a forwardly direction andequip d with va signaling element or index mem* er adapted to be readily seen from the front,

back and both sides-of a machine and capable of being readily set for indicating the direction in which the vehicle intends to move and of remaining in such position until the crossing or other signaling point is passed.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a direction indicator of this character adapted to Abe employed either with or without an electric also forming a convenient support for a mirror.

With these and otherobjects in view, the invention consists-in the. construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to withthe spirit or sacrificing` out departi from any of the a vantages of the invention. In the drawin p Figure 1 is a side elevation of a direction indicator constructed in accordance wlth this invention, and shown applied to the wind shield of an automobile,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

d longitudinal sectional United States, residlight and capable of p view of the direction indicator, portions of the indicating or signaling hand or member being broken away, Y

Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview illustrating the construction of the clamping jaws,

Fig. '5 is a detail. view partly in section illustrating the manner of mounting the mirror,

Fig. 6 is' a side elevation of a direction indicator provided with a sheet metal indicating or signalinghand or member,

Fig. 7 isa transverse sectional view of the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the direction indicator comprises in its construction, a horizontally disposed tubular supporting arm or member 1 designed to extend forwardly and laterally from an automobile or other motor vehicle at the Wind shield or other part of the front portion of the machine and having its inner Ior rear end fitted in a sleeve 3 of a supporting bracket 4, and equipped at its outer end with a casing or housing 5. The supporting bracket LL' is provided with integral horizon tal and vertical arms 6 andl 7 and it is also provided with upper and lower jaws 8 which cooperate with relatively movable or adjustable j aws 9 of upper and lower clamping plates 10 which are secured to the bracket at the uper and lower ends of the vertical arm'7 by bolts 11. The bolts 11 are provided with thumb nuts 12 and the clamping plates have inwardly projecting flanges 13 at their inner ends to form a fulcrum or bearing for each of the clamping plates. The clamping .device formed bythe jaws of the bracket and the clamping plates enable the direction "indicator to be easily and quickly applied to any ordinary automobile and it also permits adjustment of the direction indicator so that the latter will extend from the automobile at the desired angle to enable the direction indicatorto be readily seen from The sleeve 3 of l the tubular bearing 19 carries an electric` of the mirror 15 may be adjustably secured in the perforation or openingof the lug by a set screw 17 or other suitable fastening means.

The casing or housing which is approximately semi-spherical is open at the bottom and it is provided at the inner sidewith a horizontal sleeve or tubular extension 18 and it has a vertical bearing 19 at the top consisting of a tubular extension or sleeve and receiving a vertical shaft 20. The vertical shaft 20 which is preferably hollow or tubular to provide a passage for a conductor wire 21 has suitably secured to its lower end a horizontal bevel pinion 22 located within hand or member 27 is maintained in its adjustment. The coiled spring is interposed between collars 28 and 29 located respectively within the tubular arm or member and on the shaft. The washer 26 may be constructed of rubber, leather or any other suitable materialand it is preferably interposed between thehub portion of the gear wheel 23 and the outer end of the tubular member 1. Y

vThe vertical shaft which is extended above light 27 which is preferably of the one c0ntact character in ordinary use on` automobiles and the indicating or signaling hand or member shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive is constructed of hollow glass preferably colored and adapted to be illuminated by the electric lamp. Instead, however, of employing a hollow glass hand, a metallic hand 31 of sheet metal or other suitable material may be provided as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings andan electric light may be mounted upon a hand of this character if desired in any suitable manner. f Y

' The hollow glass hand is preferably provided at the bottom with a neck or tubular portion 32 and a washer 33 of rubber or Aend with an -operatinghandle or arm- 34 secured at one end to the inner or rear end 1,aee,ees Y of the horizontal shaft by a pin or 'key 35 and having an integralband 36 to lit the inner end of the horizontal shaft. The operating arm is bent intermediate of his ends at 37 to clear an extension 38 of the vertical arm 7 and the adjacent portion of the upper clamping plate and it is adapted to be oscil` lated in either direction for rotating the verticalshaft to turn the indicating or signaling hand or member in the desired direction. The horizontal gear is approximately onehalf the diameter of the vertical gear and the movement of the operating arm or handle 34 is suiiicient to turn the said hand either `to the right or to the left and also to entirely reverse the hand for indicating that the machine is to -be completely turned around or backed. The conductor wire may extend to any suitable source of current supply. The sheet metal indicating hand31 is 4preferably mounted in a'slot or bifurcation of the upper portion of the vertical shaft but it may be secured to the same. in any other desired manner. A f- What is claimed is: i l. A direction indicator comprisingf'vI substantially semi-,sphericalca'sing havingl'its sis,`

bottom open, a tubular extension formed. on I oneside of said casing, ahollow supportingarm having one end secured in said extension, means securing said arm to an vautomobile at its other end, a shaft in said arm, apvertical bearing formed on the top of said casing. a shaft journaedA in said bearing, a signaling member se u r'ed to the second 'named shaft, means connecting said shafts and located in said casing, and a controlling means connected to the first named shaft.

' 2. A direction indicator comprising a casmg, an extension formed on sa1d\as1ng,'a hollow arm secured 1n said extensien, means .securing said arm to antautomobile, a shaft in said arm, a bearing formed on the casing, a shaft journaled in said bearing, a signaling member secured' tothe second named shaft, means connectin said shafts, a controlling means connecte to the first named shaft, a washer secured-.to the first namedV shaft, and a spring in said arm and bearing against the same and the iirstnamed shaft to cause the washer to frictlonally engage v the arm.

In testimony whereof -I 'aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses, Y JOSEPH R. RUMMERFIELD.

Witnesses: Y

JOSEPH E. DoUGLAss, GEO. R. SAYLES. 

